# 1954 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1954 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States.
The men's edition was held at St. Louis Public Schools Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, and it took place 18–19 June. The women's meet was held separately at Fager Field in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 30-31 July. The women's pentathlon was held on 9 October in Cleveland, Ohio.
The men's championships were described as hot and humid with little wind. In the women's competition, the shot put weight was changed from 8 pounds (3.6 kg) to the international standard 4 kilograms (8.8 lb) for the first time.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 yards | Arthur Bragg | 9.5 | Willie Williams | 9.58 | Dean Smith | 9.61 |
| 220 yards | Arthur Bragg | 21.1 | Charles Thomas | 21.10 | Andrew Stanfield | 21.19 |
| 440 yards | James Lea | 46.6 | Louis Jones | 46.68 | Jesse Mashburn | 46.98 |
| 880 yards | Malvin Whitfield | 1:50.8 | Bill Tidwell | 1:51.2 | Eugene Maynard | 1:51.4 |
| 1 mile | Fred Dwyer | 4:09.5 | Lowell Zellers | 4:09.8 | Leonard Simpson | 4:11.0 |
| 3 miles | Horace Ashenfelter | 14:18.5 | Gordon McKenzie | 14:21.6 | Gene Matthews | 14:23.0 |
| 6 miles | Curt Stone | 31:39.4 | Fred Wilt | 31:54.8 | Richard Hart | 32:05.0 |
| Marathon | Theodore Corbitt | 2:46:13.9 | Nick Costes | 2:47:59.0 | Aldo Scandurra | 2:50:19.0 |
| 120 yards hurdles | Jack Davis | 14.0 | Willard Thomson | 14.36 | Willard Wright | 14.42 |
| 220 yards hurdles | Jack Davis | 23.2 | | | | |
| 440 yards hurdles | Joshua Culbreath | 52.0 | Burl McCoy | 53.77 | Roy Thompson | 53.93 |
| 2 miles steeplechase | William Ashenfelter | 10:08.2 | Warren Dreutzler | 10:13.6 | Horace Ashenfelter | 10:16.6 |
| 2 miles walk | Henry Laskau | 14:23.3 | | | | |
| High jump | Ernest Shelton | 2.07 m | Floyd Jeter | 2.05 m | Doug Spainhower | 2.02 m |
| Pole vault | Bob Richards | 4.66 m | Donald Laz | 4.48 m | none awarded | none awarded |
| Pole vault | Bob Richards | 4.66 m | Bobby Smith | 4.48 m | none awarded | none awarded |
| Long jump | John Bennett | 7.57 m | George Brown | 7.56 m | Neville Price (RSA) | 7.40 m |
| Triple jump | Claudio Cabrejas (CUB) | 14.40 m | Pat Lochiatto | 14.33 m | Kent Floerke | 14.28 m |
| Shot put | Parry O'Brien | 17.98 m | Tom Jones | 16.55 m | Bill Bangert | 16.37 m |
| Discus throw | Fortune Gordien | 55.52 m | Parry O'Brien | 54.11 m | James Dillion | 53.44 m |
| Hammer throw | Robert Backus | 57.68 m | Martin Engel | 56.51 m | Gilbert Borjeson | 54.18 m |
| Javelin throw | Bud Held | 76.11 m | William Miller | 71.77 m | Leo Long | 68.93 m |
| Weight throw for distance | Bob Backus | 42 ft 51⁄4 in (12.93 m) | | | | |
| Pentathlon | Brayton Norton | 3400 pts | | | | |
| All-around decathlon | Merwin Carter | 5330 pts | | | | |
| Decathlon | Bob Richards | 6501 pts | Aubrey Lewis | 6118 pts | Rafer Johnson | 5874 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m | Mabel Landry | 6.5 | Barbara Lee | | Dolores Dwyer | |
| 100 m | Barbara Jones | 12.0 | Mabel Landry | | Delores Queary | |
| 200 m | Mae Faggs | 24.5 | Betty MacDonnell | | Alfrances Lyman | |
| 80 m hurdles | Constance Darnowski | 12.2 | Lula Bell | | Barbara Mueller | |
| High jump | Verneda Thomas | 1.55 m | none awarded | none awarded | Mildred McDaniel | 1.48 m |
| High jump | Jeanette Cantrell | 1.55 m | none awarded | none awarded | Lula Bell | 1.48 m |
| High jump | Jeanette Cantrell | 1.55 m | none awarded | none awarded | Veronica Lewis | 1.48 m |
| High jump | Jeanette Cantrell | 1.55 m | none awarded | none awarded | Billie Jo Jackson | 1.48 m |
| Long jump | Mabel Landry | 5.46 m | Barbara Jones | 5.42 m | Elvira Siksnius | 5.08 m |
| Shot put | Lois Ann Testa | 12.79 m | Paula Deubel | 12.72 m | Joan Stouffer | |
| Discus throw | Marjorie Larney | 36.87 m | Janet Dicks | 32.76 m | Lois Ann Testa | 30.87 m |
| Javelin throw | Karen Anderson | 38.73 m | Amelia Wershoven | 37.59 m | Lula Bell | 37.02 m |
| Baseball throw | Marion Brown Young | 245 ft 01⁄2 in (74.68 m) | | | | |
| Women's pentathlon | Stella Walsh (POL) | 1738 pts | Betty MacDonnell | 1546 pts | Dolores Dwyer | 1516 pts |